wrongly identified
Example Sentences
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The names of the wrongly identified men were shared in posts alongside calls to arrest them.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
Seconds after Max and Mason left Mason's house at about 23:00 GMT, they were wrongly identified by the group as being responsible for bricks being thrown at a house in Hartcliffe earlier that evening.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024
Determined to be his “own best advocate,” he set out to prove he was wrongly identified by problematic witnesses.
From New York Times • May 7, 2022
An Australian man has launched a defamation case against one of the nation's biggest news channels after it wrongly identified him as an alleged child abductor.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021
On our return to La Bessée we wrongly identified it with the peak which is seen from thence to the left of the Pelvoux.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
